Rachel Kern
InvestorSenior Vice President at First Trust Capital Partners · Managing Director at A1 Health Ventures · Board director at Pip Care · Board director at Sonara Health
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About
Rachel Kern is a Senior Vice President at First Trust Capital Partners with experience in venture capital investment and the investment management industry. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics from the University of Dallas and has expertise in nonprofit organizations, analytical skills, public speaking, and legislative relations.
Board director at Pip Care
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Board director at Sonara Health
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Acumen America$250K – $500K checks · since 2025Boomerang VenturesIndianapolis · $250K – $1.5M checks · since 2025First Trust Capital PartnersWheaton · $5M checks · since 2025Royal Street Ventures Management Company, LlcKansas City · $1M – $3M checksSorenson Impact FoundationSalt Lake City · since 2025
Experience
- First Trust Capital PartnersSenior Vice Presidentcurrent2025 — present
- First Trust Capital PartnersVice President2020 — 2025
- First Trust Capital PartnersAssociate2016 — 2020Greater Chicago Area
- A1 Health VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2023 — present
- Pip CareBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Third Eye HealthBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- SendaRideBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Sonara HealthBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Conversio HealthBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- ReferralPoint, LLC.Board Membercurrent2022 — present
- TinkRworks LLCBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- Karoo HealthBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
- Wellvana HealthBoard Observercurrent2020 — present
- Arrive HealthBoard Observer2024 — 2026
- VyncaBoard Member2019 — 2021
- Healthcare Growth PartnersInvestment Banking Analyst2011 — 2016
- Illinois State SenateLegislative Assistant2010 — 2011West Chicago, IL
Skills & more
Data Analysis3Politics9Research12Legislative Relations2Legal Research9Public Policy2Valuation3Political Campaigns4Community Outreach10Legal Writing6Fundraising6Nonprofits5
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Political ScienceEvent PlanningSocial MediaAnalysisLeadershipPublic SpeakingPowerPointMicrosoft Office- Series 63 — FINRA
- Series 79 — FINRA
From Rachel's professional profile.
Colleagues at First Trust Capital Partners
Billy Louiselle
Associate at First Trust Capital Partners
Hamza Adnan
Associate at First Trust Capital Partners
Jon Phillips
Managing Director at First Trust Capital Partners
Karim Botros
Senior Vice President at First Trust Capital Partners
Mark Kroeger
Senior Vice President at First Trust Capital Partners
Rohan Gupta
Analyst at First Trust Capital Partners
Scott Carrick
Analyst at First Trust Capital Partners
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- Who is Rachel Kern?
- Rachel Kern is a Senior Vice President at First Trust Capital Partners with experience in venture capital investment and the investment management industry. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics from the University of Dallas and has expertise in nonprofit organizations, analytical skills, public speaking, and legislative relations.
- Where does Rachel Kern work?
- Rachel Kern is Senior Vice President at First Trust Capital Partners and Board director at Pip Care and Board director at Sonara Health.
- Where did Rachel Kern go to school?
- Rachel Kern studied at The University of Dallas (Bachelor of Arts - BA, History (International Relations and Economics)).
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